Contracting Your Services (B111)

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Web designers and developers are often contracting their services. This introductory course is designed to give students the basics of creating a contract. We will discuss techniques that can be used to ensure project success and profitability.

Applicable Job Roles: project managers, contract managers , independent contractors, web designers, web developers, web engineers, and graphic designers.

Week 1 - Basics of contracting

How contracts help your business
Understanding terminology
Know when to use fixed price vs. hourly rate proposals
Gathering input for your contract

Week 2 - Developing a contract - part 1

Understand and be able to modify a contract template
Be able to create sections of a contract: scope, assumptions, responsibilities, and deliverables
Know how and when to present it to your client

Week 3 - Estimating Costs

Understand what to include
Learn the basic risks
Learn how to minimize the risks

Week 4 - Developing a contract - part 2

Identify the remaining sections of a contract: timeline, project management, fees and payment, appendices
Create your own template contract

Week 5 - Managing the work

Understand the need for status reports and meetings
Presenting comps and interim deliverables
Solicit customer feedback and acceptance
Deal with changes to original scope of work

Week 6 - Final Project

Create statement of work
Create status report
Create issues list
Create sample change order
Create customer acceptance notification

Prerequisites

Some experience as an independent contractor is recommended.

Requirements

MS Word, MS Excel

Books:
Required Book:	Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice
Suggested Book:	The Business of Consulting
Suggested Book:	Flawless Consulting
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Price:

$220.00

Item No.:

B111

Instructor:

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